1943, The Right to Choose
Duchy Palace, Dawn Star Planet.
Tang Xiao was politely awakened by his assistant because a communication had come in. The sender was one of the people Tang Xiao had previously instructed the assistant to answer under any circumstances—Bail Organa, Senator of Alderaan.
Looking at the weary yet furious senator in the transmission, Tang Xiao merely smiled faintly. "This is my rest time. What can I do for you, Senator Organa?"
"You should know why I'm here, Grand Duke of Dawn!" Bail Organa's voice trembled slightly, clearly suppressing immense rage.
"Oh! So Alderaan is finally willing to open its trade market to Dawn Star Planet? Or do you have some good news from the Core Worlds that you'd like to share with me?" Tang Xiao put on an exaggeratedly delighted expression.
"Enough!! Tell me! Where is Leia?!" Bail Organa could no longer hold back. He slammed his fist onto the table and roared.
A strange smile appeared at the corner of Tang Xiao's mouth. "Oh... the fact that you can speak to me with such certainty means only one thing—someone's salary this year is probably gone."
At that moment, on the other side of Dawn Star Planet.
"Achoo!" Super Lotus sneezed in front of her computer. Rubbing her nose, she muttered, "That makes no sense. Have I not been getting enough sleep lately?"
"Achoo!" Yet another sneeze sounded behind her.
Super Lotus spun around sharply, only to see Nova standing right behind her, rubbing her nose as she exited stealth mode. A bead of cold sweat rolled down Super Lotus's temple. "Um... Miss Nova, what are you doing here? And... why are you standing so close to me?"
"Of course... to let you have a taste of frozen fish." Nova flashed a brilliant smile. "The